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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-09-01
1on was plainly yisibIe.
For tho first time | rose to cross
examine. The witness confron ed

please open and examine that,
| began, handing him small parcel.
lie eyed me suspiciously, and with
nervous fingers began to undo the
wrapper. He gave a sudden start
when be had removed it, and silver
cased hunters watch fell from his
hands to the floor.
I-l never did, he stanmered
his face turning ghastly white.
Let mo refresh your memory !
preceded. This 10 tho dead man +
watch and here is the pocketbook
containing the money for which you
murdered him. You were followed
on your last visit to the hiding place
in which you havo kept thom where
you wore seen to take them from
their concealmept, and after assnr.
ing yourself Of their safety, to re-
place them. When you had gone
the person who hal watched you
and who is now within call, took
possession of these evidences o
your guilt, aud they are here to con
front YOU
The base wretch sank upon bis
kneos in adject terror.
Have mercy ! he exclaimed, turn
ing appealingly from one wondering
face to another, have mercy and
will confess all ! and he did 80, re'
lating the story of his waylaying and
numbering the peddlar in the dark.
ness Of the early morning, and the
steps TO had afterward taken to easI
suspicion on the prisoner.
Tic words Not guilty bad jus'
fallen from the lips of the foreman
when cry of Joy rang through thu
court room, and Jed's vile fol
weeping on her husbands bosom.
Convinced from the first Of his in'
nocence, she bad felt almost al
equal conviction of Jem Burkitt
guilt, and by steathily hanging oil
the latter's steps she was at las
able to unveil the terrible secret snt
save her husbands life.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-09-01

She spoke in an assured tone ;
and when ] heard her strange story
through my conviction OF it's truth
amounted to certainty
Have you any evidence Of the
facts you have related other than
your own word p l asked.
No she anssered ina voice
tremulous aud anxious is not that
suilicient.
"A wife cannot be witness foi
her husband, 1 answered reluctant
lly.
The strength that had borne her
mp gave way, and reeling backward,
she fell swooning TO the floor.
raised her gently and placed her
in chair, and whom she had sufli-
ciently recovered to understand my
words, did my best to scothe and
calm her-striving to make hor un-
dsrstaad that. though her lips were
sealed as witness, now that che
had placed the claw OF truth in my
hand, might be able to find for
her husband way out of The porils
with which lying circumstances had
surrounded him. Above all things
cautioned her to keep hor secret, aud
by no mesSs, unless | sent for her,
to be present at the trial.
On the morning the case came on
jed. looked respondent, but on the
whole, bore up with courage. The
prosecution proved substantially the
facts rs above narrated by a number
of witnesses, all OF whom l suffered
TO 60 without examination, till il
came to Jem Burkitts turn.
Jem as the strongest witness was
reserved to the last. In addition tc
what the others had told he knew o.
the fact Of the peddlar's presence n,
the prisoners house on the fata
night where he had left them togetb'
er at late hour, and, besides b,
was able to expose the falsehood o
Jed's story of the horse swap.
The witness gave his story with
confidence aud clearness. II evi.
IDENTIFY had the affect Of dispelline
any lingering doubts Of the jury, in
wuosG faces stern look OF COuylc-
lion was plainly Visible.
For the first time rose to cross
examine. The witness confronted
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-09-01
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There isn't much difference bs.
tween an old Roman soldier and a
cannibal who hes inst dined on q
nice young female missionary, for
the former was gladiator, and the
latter is glad-hs-tts- hsr tos.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-25
Senatorial Literary Tastes,

Senator ingalls, likes old EngliG
novels and Is well up in scientific lit
erature.
Senator Hoar is regarded as the
best authority on American history
in the body.
Senator Hale has one OF the finest
libraries in Maine, and Is well read in
general literature.
Senator Eustis speaks and reads
French like n native. and is fond OF
yelow-covered novels.
Senator Ransom runs to Latin and
dates, especially in Horace, whom he
is fond OF quoting in his speeches.
Senator Beck is fond OF poetry and
can repeat the Lady OF the Lake"
without a slip from beginning to end.
Senator Joe Brown OF Georgia
spends most of his time perusing
musty volumes OF public records and
documents.
Among the Senator'S who write Tor
magazines or\other periodicals are
Sherman, Hoar, Ingalls,, Ransom, and
Hale.
senator vest IS n great leduer Ol liit
Bible and knows whole chapters by
heart. All Scriptural facts IN dispute
are referred 20 him.
Senator Sherman is a classical
scholar and reads French. He scans
the newspapers but does not believe
in reading book until time has tried
it.
Senator Joe Blackburn is well in
formed in sporting matters and can
tel the record and pedigree OF every
fast horse in Kentucky without LOOK
ing it mp.
Senator Payne is not noted Tor his
literary attachments, but he Is iono OF
biography and travel and has more
"reminiscences to tell than most any
man in the Senate.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-25

that she might aid her father In the
support Of the family. Daily she
dispatched the duties assigned
her, and out OF Office hours
applied herself diligently to the
ACQUISITION of knowledge, mastering.
almost unaidad, French and Italian
and other studies. Ere long a distiE'
puished head OF bureau OF one Of
the departments wooed and won her
For a long time during President
Grant IS administration she was promi
nent in society. After q while hel
husband died, and she removed to n
great metropolis, but her beauty and
accomplishments were not destined &c
be forever clustered with grief One
even higher on the roll of official posi-
ton sought her out, and to-day she Is
the much-admired and lovely wife o.
an Associate Justice OF the Supreme
Court. And here in the same city,
where, when but q lass in her teens.
she carved out her fortune, aided on.
" by her own genius and brains, she
is destined to reign as queen to whom
all will be proud to pay homage.
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saoAI.L.,.D LOtE.

lie that loves n rosy check,
Or II coral lip admircs.
Or from starlike eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires;
AS old time makes these decay,
So his flame must waste away.
But n smooth and steadfast mind,
Gentle thoughts and calm desires.
Hearts with equal love combined,
Kindlc nover.dying fires.
Where these are not despisc
Lovely cheeks, or lips, or eyes.
90
No tears, Celia, now shall win
My resolved heart to return;
have searched thy soul within,
And find nanght bat pride and scorn;
] have learned thy arts, and now
Can dlsdain as much as thou.
Some power in my revenge convey
That love to her east nway
THOMAS CAREw.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-25
Twice Dciied Death.

Atlanta Constitution
81 have been twice prepared toi
burial. My right arm was shot of
and u shell took off a large slice OF my
chin and Knocked out five front teeth, "
exclaimed an ex-confederate veteran
recently.
The speaker was during the war an
orderly sergeant IN the Third Georgia
regiment. He had Just returned from
New Orleans, where he attended the
Mardi Gras festivities, and was or
his way home in Wilkes county. Ar.
irving in Atlanta he missed train con
nection. and was compelled "a STOP
over. The thought OF his pension oc'
curedto him, and he walked into Cover
nor Gordon's Office about . oclock.The
veteran presented himself to Captain
Harrison, the popular and genial
clerk OF the executive department, and
showed that functionary his creden.
tials. They proved to be correct, and
a warrant was given him on the trea'
surer for forty dollars.
Eyes, saw some pretty tough fight
ing during the war;" continued the one
armed veteran, "and had mary hair
breadth escapes. was engaged IN n
hand to- hand conflict with a yank at
the battle OF Get tysburg. who had
succeeded in putting q bullet i'll my
ripht side. II was fierce struggle,
but got the drop on him and he iell
in his tracks with a ball in his heart,
| was taken to the hospital afterward,
and dropped into comatose cond!--
ton, and reported dead. was all
ready for burial when | awoke ana
convinced the attendants OF their
error. Ny sister had bean previously
advised OF my death and she went IN
to mourning.
"My second perilous adventure was
at the battle OF Spottsylvania. | had
been offered tine captaincy OF the com
pany but declined, having n much bet
ter position. Well, rs it happened,
the captain had been killed, and ltook
the lead. We found our path OBJ
structed by line of federals, the lead
err of which picked me out rs target.
His aim was unerring, for my right
arm was shattered from the elbow
down by three minnie balls. felt
mad, you may be sure, and with my
left blazed away NJ him putting a
bullet right square between his eyes
Just then u shell exploded within q
few feet OF where was standing, tear
ing away part OF my chin and some
front teeth. Once more | was taken
TO the hospital, remained unconsciou,
for whole day, and when | awok'
found myself about to be thrown into
q ditch that had been dug ms a recep
tacle for the dead.
at has been said that a soldier ii
battle is never sure of his aim, but
those two federals ! shot and killef
when within few feet OF me.
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tory of n Postal Card.

tory OF n POStnl Caru.
was affected with kidney and urinary
Trouble
"For twelve years.'
After trying all the doctors and patent
medicines | could hear of, j used two bot
ties of Hop "Bitt ers."
And | am perfectly cured. ! keep IL
"All the timer
Respectfully, b. f. BooTH, Salisbury,
Tenn, May 4, 1885.
BRADFORD, Pa May 8, 1885.
II has cured me of veral diseases, such
as nervousness, sickness at the stomach,
monthly troubles, exc. All my neighDors
use them. MRS. FANNIE GREEN.
AsHBuRNHAM. Mass. Jan. Is, 1886.
have been very sick over two years.
They all gave me up AS past cure. i tried
The most skillful physicians, but they did
not reach the worse part The lungs and
heart would fill up every night ana distress
me. and my throat was very bad. told my
children | should never die in pace Ill
had tried Hop Bitters. When ! had taken
two bottles thew Helped me very much in
deed. When had taken two moe bottles
| was well. There was lot of sick fvlks
here who have seen how they cured me,
and they used them and were cnred and
feel as thankful rs | do that there is so valu-
able medicine made, Yours truly.
Miss JULIA G.. CUTTING.
$4,000 Lost.
"a tour to Europe that cost me $4,000
''done less good than one bottlr of Hop
"Bitters; they also cured my wife Of fifteen
"vears nervous weakness, sleeplessness
"and dyspepsia. Mr. X. VI. Auburn, n. Y
Baby Saved.
We are so thankful TO say that our nurs-
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M Unhealthy or inactive Kidneys cause
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Iuddinglon. Mich, Feb. >, 1850 have
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III. Il. ALEXANDER.
'NIonroe. Mich. Sept %, 1883. sIRs:-I
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10 those suffering from debility, or any one
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53s Fulton street, Chicago, Ill.
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Is there person living who ever saw a
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liver or Kidneys that Hop Bltters VIII not
cure.
"My Mother says Hop Bilters is the only
thing that will keep her from severe attacks
OF paralysis and hcadache.-Ed. oswego
sun.
"My little sickly, puny baby was changed
into a great bouncing boy. and was raised
from a sick bed by using Hop Bitters
short time a YOUNG MOTHER
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$4,000 Lost.

"a tour to Europe that cost me $4,000
"done less good than one bottle of Hop
"l}ltters; they also cured my Wit OF fifteen
"years' nervous weakness, sleeplessness
"and dyspepsia. Mr.. X. VI. Auburn, y. Y
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Limit Your Wants.

From the nature of things the in
come of most of the inhabitants OF
the earth must be limited, and, in
deed, within very narrow bounds.
The product of labor throughout
the world, if equally divided,
would not make the share of each
individual large. 1t is impossi-
BILE that everyone should be what
is called rich. But it is by no
means impossible to be independ-
emit. And what is the way to COM
pass this-as Burns appropriately
designates it-"glorious privi-
lege?" The method is very SIM
pie. 1t consists in one rule: Linn
it your wants. Make them few
and inexpensive. To do this would
interfere but little with your real
enjoyment. 1t is mostly matter
of habit. You require more, or you
are satisfied with less, just as you
have accustomed yourself to the
one or the other.
Limit your wants, estimate their
cost, and never exceed it, taking
pains always to keep it inside of
your income. Thus you will secure
your lasting independence. Young
men, think of this. A great deal
of the happiness of your lives de-
ponds upon it. After having made
your money, spend it as you choose,
honestly but be sure you make it
first.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
DISCRIMINATING Poison Ivy.

If the ground upon which the
poison ivy grows is level, the
plants may be exterminatsd by
cutting them down frequently.
This should be commenced in
spring, cutting away everything
clean, and then moving off all the
new growth whenever large
enough for the scythe to take hold
OF it. Or, after the present growth
has been removed, spade the
ground deeply, and with a prong
hoe. rake out all the roots you can
get and burn them, taking care
not to come in contact with the
smoke; repeat this several times
through the season, or as often as
insw growth appears. Ii the intest-
ed area is but small, heavy dress
Jag of coarse salt will accomplish
the desired result.-Americam Ag-
sraculturist.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
Sandy.

He was shepherd dog, one of
which any master might be
proud-so quick, bright and cum
ming in getting off the tricks that
were taught him. Sandy and the
Maltese cat were great friends.
One day Tabby brought into the
house three young kittens whose
eyes we're just opened. Sandy en-
ioyed taking them up by the neck
in his mouth and shaking them
gently, and playing with them as
the mother cat did; and he was
laughed at and encouraged by the
mem bers of the family.
After a little, Sandy's master
went away, and was gone about
three weeks. When he returned,
Sandy met him at the gate with
sundry canine manifestations of
joy.
what about the kittens, San.
dy?" asked his master.
Immediately the dogs happy
look changed to one of shame and
sorrow. He dropped his head and
went sinking off, with his tail be-
tween his legs. His master saw
no more Of him that day, and at
might, inquiring for him, was told
that he was out by the wood pile,
lying ill.
Then it came out that Sandy
had killed all the kittens. 1t seems,
Oh they grew older, they did not
like his familiar ways, and they
would scratch him and one after
another, as they did this, he bit
them and dispatched them, and
they were buried in the garden
under one of the apple trees.
When Sandy found that he was
not to be punished for his wrong
doing no recovered, and Was soon
his old frolicsome SELF.
If little boy had acted some
thing as Sandy did, We should have
said he was suffering the pangs OF
q troubled conscience. But how
about the dog? What do you
think7 Have dogs any conscience ?
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
or Scandal.

cit is so easy to talk about peo-
pie" is the excuse constantly made
by those who are reproved for COS.
siping about others who are not
even, perhaps, their personal &C.
quintances. Yes, it is very easy ;
the most mindless creature can do
it; the asp, be he ever so small,
can sting the hero, and perchan CO
can slay him ; but gossip Of a mali
cious kind is intensely vulgar, and
to none but the vulgar should it be
welcome, even if their vulgarity
be such as is hidden under a cloak
of good manners. 1t is true that
there is a sort of spurious wit which
is Indigenous too often diverting to
the best of US, and this sort of per.
sonality has a kind of contagious
attraction which is apt to grow
even on those who loathe it, much
az absinthe does. BUTT is none the
less vulgar, and vulgarizes the
mind which admits its charm, as
absinthe slowly eats up the vitali-
ty and digestive powers of those
who yield to its attraction. Were
there no vulgarity, it may be said
that there would be no scandal :
for scandal is born of that marked
desire to think i'll of others, and
that restless inquisitiveness into
affairs that do not concern US,
which is prominently vulgar.
When we talk of the follies of our
friends, or the backsliding of our
acquaintance, in duchess's
boudoir, we are every whit as vul-
gar as the fish.wives or the village
danes jabbering of the sins of Jack
and Jill in any ale-house. The
roots OF the vulgarity are the same ;
inquisitiveness and idleness. All
personalities are vulgar; and
whether personalities are used as
the base weapons to turn an argu-
ment, or as the equally base bait
wherewith to make the fortunes of
a newspaper, they are alike often
sivs and objectionable. The best
characteristic of the best society
would be that they should be ab-
solutely forbidden in it.-North
american Rsvie,O for February.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
YULGARITl.
Of Inquisitlveness.

When strangers visit me can at
once tell whether they are ill-bred
or high-bred persons by the mere
fact Of whether they do or do not
ask me questions. Even in init
macy, much interrogation isa vul-
garity; it may be taken for grant
ed that your friend will tell you
what he wishes you to know. Here
and there when question seems
necessary, if silence would imply
GOODNESS and Indifference, tn an must
it be put with the utmost delicacy
and without any kind of sem GLANCE
of its being considered a demand
which must be answered. All in
terrogation for purposes of curiosity
is vulgar, curiosity itself being 80
vulgar; and even the plea of
friendship or of love cannot be
pleaded in extenuation of it. But
if love and friendship be pardoned
their inquisitiveness, the anxiety
of the general public to have their
curiosity satisfied as to habits,
ways and scandals of those who are
conspicuous in any way, is mere
vulgar intrusiveness, which the
society newspapers" as they are
called, do, in all countries, feel to a
most pernicious degree. Private
life has no longer any door that it
can shut and bolt against the in
trusion of a crowd. Whether a
royal prince has quarreled with
his wife, or country mayoress has
quarreled with a house-maid, the
press, large or small, metropolitan
or provinciales erves up the story to
the rapacious curiosity of the
worldwide, or the merely local, pub
lie. This intrusion on personal
and wholly private matters is an
evil which increases every day; it
is a two-fold evil, for it is alike a
curse to those whose privacy it
poisons and curse to those whose
debased appetites it feeds. 1t
would be wholly impossible, in an
age which was not vulgar, for those
journals which live on PERSONAL
ties to find a public. They are
created by the greed of the multi
tude which calls for them. It is use
less to blame the proprietors and edi-
tors who live on them the true
culprits are the readers-tae le-
gions of readers-who relish and
patronize them, and without
whose support such carrion flies
could not live out summer.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
DR.. Crosby and the Tiger.

At the Academy of Music meet
ing in Brooklyn last Thursday
night (and a magnificent meeting
it was, as our account shows Dr..
Crosby used that well-known illus
tration about the tiger, and the ne
cessity, if we couldn't kill him, of
restricting him to one-half the
city. The tiger, of course was
the liquor traffic. The restric-
ton was meant to be High Lii
cense. But the smile is what
Lord Dundreary would call a Char
rem ideality."
Bar that tiger out of one-half the
city? Yes, of course; but that is
not High License; that Is Prohibi
ton for that half the city. High Lii
cense lets the fierce brute range
through the entire city at his plea
sure, but ties an official stamp to
the end of his tail and charges his
owner 81 900 instead of 500. But
the tiger remains; his freedom
remains; his tangs remain; and
there isn't home in the city safe
against his ravages. Shoot that
t1qer.- Voice.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

A new industry has been started
in Vermont for collecting the cones
of the white or spruce pines and
extracting the seeds from them,
which are then sent to France,
Germany, and other parts of Eu-
rope,to renew the forests there that
have been cut down. Each bushel
of cones yields about two pounds
Of seed.
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23
HOME FOLKS.
Der Oak Und Der Vine.

I dond vas preaching vomans rghdts,
Or ANGLING like dot;
Und likes to see all peoples
Shust gondented NIT dheir lot;
Budt l wants to gondradict dot snap
Dot made dis leedle shoke
ga woman vas der glinging vine,
Und man, der shturdy oak"
Berhaps, some dimes, dot may pc drue;
Budt len dimes oudt off nine,
find me oudt dot man himself
Vas peen der glinging vine;
Und ven bees frendts obey all vas gone,
Und he vas shust "tead proke,"
Dots When der woman shteps righdt in,
Und peen der shturdy oak.
Shust go oud to der pase-pall grounds
Und see dhose "shturdy oaks"
All planted roundt ubon der seats
Shust hear dheir laughs und SMOKES.
Dhen see dhose vomens at der tubs,
Nit clothes oudt on der lines:
Which vas der shturdy oaks, mine frendts
Und which der glinging vines?
Ven sickness in der household comes,
Und weeks und weeks he shtays.
Who vas id fghdts him mitoudt resdt,..
Dhose weary nights und days!
Who beace und comfort always prings,
Und cools dot fefered prov?
More like i'd vas der tender vine
Dot oak he glings to, now.
"Man wants budt leedle here pelow,"
Der boet Won time said:
Dhere's leedle dot man he don'd want,
dink Id means, inshted;
Und ven der years keep rolling on,
Dheir cares und droubles bringing,
He wants to pc der shturdy oak
Und, also, do der glinging.
Maybe, when oaks obey Cling some more
Und don'd SO shturdy peen,
Der glinging vines obey have some shanc'
To helb run Life's masheen.
In helt und sickness, shoy und pain,
In calm or shtormy veddher,
Twas beddher dot dhose oaks.und vines
Should always CLING togeddher.
Charles Folleqr Adams
The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-23

A lump Of butter the size Of a
hickory nut is said to be sure
cure for chicken cholera.